Month: March 2023

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The pro-business track record of the man poised to become China’s top economic official will make his term a test of whether he might moderate President Xi Jinping ’s tendency to intervene. Li Qiang, 63, who is expected to be chosen China’s premier on Saturday, will

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says major U.S. laws enacted recently to tackle climate change call for renewed optimism. Harris was the star attraction Wednesday at Aspen Ideas: Climate. The conference is now in its second year in Miami Beach. She appeared with Miami singer-songwriter Gloria

By JAMES POLLARD, JAKE BLEIBERG and JULIE WATSON Associated Press/Report for America LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive in Mexico in a kidnapping that left two dead came after a woman traveling with the group contacted police when they did not return to the U.S. side as

NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase has sued one of its former executives saying he knew that Jeffrey Epstein was abusing and trafficking girls. JPMorgan is facing lawsuits over its own relationship with Epstein. The New York bank has been sued by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as an woman identified

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is withdrawing a $54 million contract with Walgreens. Newsom said Wednesday that the state will not renew the contract after the company indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some conservative-led states. Walgreens has a contract with California to

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted down a bill directing President Joe Biden to remove some 900 U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days. The resolution from Republican congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida was voted down 321-103. Gaetz introduced the measure after four U.S. servicemembers were wounded during a

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Jim Boeheim’s 47-year tenure as coach at Syracuse ended Wednesday, with the university saying Orange assistant Adrian Autry has been promoted into the job. The move came less than three hours after Syracuse lost to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, after which Boeheim hinted at retirement

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country. U.S. military officials announced the repatriation of Ghassan al Sharbi on Wednesday. It’s the latest transfer aiming to empty the Guantanamo